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Police are searching for the driver of a van that crashed into a Renfrew home while fleeing officers Thursday morning. Just before 6 a.m., police were called to respond to a possible commercial break-and-enter near 12th Avenue and Edmonton Trail N.E., said Det. Steve Adair.

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A Calgary man has been fined $1,500 and banned from owning any animals for 10 years after admitting he allowed a chain collar on his dog to become so tight over several weeks it embedded itself in the dog’s neck. Provincial court Judge Sean Dunnigan handed out the fine to Richard Sundin on Friday after hearing submissions from Crown prosecutor Rosalind Greenwood and defence lawyer Jason Ford about his treatment of his dog, Dodge.

Two people were sent to hospital, one in serious condition, after a pickup truck and a car collided south of Calgary on Wednesday night. Okotoks RCMP, fire crews and EMS were called to the intersection of Highway 2A and Dunbow Road at around 9:15 p.m.

A bail hearing for a young Calgary man accused of taping the muzzles of a cat and dog, then leaving them to die in an alley, is set for Friday afternoon. Nicolino Ivano Camardi was charged with two counts of wilfully causing pain, suffering or injury to an animal after a Siberian husky and a domestic short-haired cat were found on separate occasions in January.

When Sully meets a new friend, he playfully flops onto his back and begs for a scratch on the belly, his tail wagging with gratitude. But when the seven-year-old yellow lab is on the job, it’s all energy, focus and drive — all important traits to have as a member of the Calgary Police Service’s canine unit.

Charges have been laid against a pit bull owner after a man was seriously injured in a dog attack at a Monterey Park home Thursday. Animal and Bylaw officers were called to a northeast home around 7:30 p.m. after a 61-year-old was bitten by a pit bull.

A Calgary man lost his appeal to save his German shepherd, which was deemed a “vicious dog” by a judge and ordered to be humanely euthanized following several attacks over the years. His appeal was heard in court and rejected Thursday, and the dog — which had been held by the city since last July — was put down Friday afternoon, confirmed Alvin Murray with animal and bylaw services.

The owner of a dog involved in a fatal attack on a poodle over the weekend has come forward and is being co-operative with the investigation. Alvin Murray, north operations manager for animal and bylaw services, said the owner saw the story in the news Tuesday and immediately contacted authorities.

Calgary’s bylaw boss is “extremely concerned” after a one-year-old and a three-year-old were injured in two separate dog attacks over the weekend. In the more serious of the two cases, a three-year-old boy needed two hours of plastic surgery and more than 40 stitches after a bull terrier bit the boy’s head Saturday evening.

More than most other Canadians, Calgarians are grateful for summer. Winter keeps the city in a tight grip for much of the year — overstaying its welcome well into spring and returning far too soon in the fall.

A Sundre woman has been found guilty of commanding her two pit bulls to savagely attack a guest in her mobile home nearly two years ago. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Jo’Ann Strekaf said in convicting Rita Phillip, 57, of aggravated assault and criminal negligence causing bodily harm to Deanna Wolfe: “I have no doubt Rita told the dogs — Cody and Sunny — to attack Deanna and the dogs would follow her instructions.

Three months after he was handed a $5,000 fine and a lifetime prohibition for owning dogs for a commercial purpose, as a result of 34 distressed mostly pit bull dogs being seized, a Calgary man has been fined $1,500 for similar abuse of another dog.

A man wanted in connection with an attempted robbery earlier this month at a campground near Innisfail, during which a shot was fired, was arrested early Friday following a six-hour manhunt. RCMP received an erratic driving complaint around 6 p.m. near Innisfail on southbound Highway 2. Police determined the vehicle was stolen and had been involved in an earlier hit-and-run in Penhold.

The owner of an Australian cattle dog has been charged after the animal bit a nine-year-old girl on Friday, sending the child to hospital for surgery. The girl suffered injuries to her face as a result of the bite, said EMS spokesperson Stuart Brideaux. No one else at the residence was injured.

An animal welfare group is calling on a Calgary city councillor to rethink a “knee-jerk” proposal to curb pet ownership in the city following the seizure of 33 dogs from a southeast Calgary property. The animals were found in filthy conditions inside the Acadia home of dog shower Bev Creed on May 13 and are now in the care of the Calgary Humane Society.

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